It is shown that mixtures containing 48 to 64% (by mass) fine aluminum powder in oxygen are detonable; in 26.4-mm-diam tubes detonation induction distances of these mixtures are less than 1.6 m; they decrease with increasing aluminum concentration; detonation wave speeds for lean mixtures are approximately 1550 m/sec and decrease slightly with increasing amounts of aluminum in mixture; pressures behind detonation waves were found to be approximately 31 atm for mixtures examined; measured detonation speeds and pressures are approximately 9 and 14%, respectively, below theoretical values. (03041)


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    Title :

    Investigation of detonation of aluminum powder-oxygen mixtures


    Additional title:

    AIAA J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 6 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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